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Saturday, 30 October 2010

A strange dream in San Francisco

That night I had a strange dream. A tall Canadian woman stared at me from a snowy wilderness. “My name is Renee Miller,” she said.

I tried to drag myself away, wondering whether it was a dodgy Dim Sum, or an excess of beer.

“And you’re tagged.” She laughed, causing a small avalanche.

Was that the same as ‘branded’? “What do you mean, tagged?” I said, struggling to wake and finding I couldn’t.

Her voice was remorseless. “But in exchange……You will be granted an award…”

Dollar Bills, lots of them, flashed before my eyes.

“…The kickass, awesome, most impressive, shiny, blog award.”

"I don’t have a blog,” I said it like I knew what one was.

“But you will.” Her voice was becoming impatient and the thought of what this Canadian Amazon might do if made angry, alarmed me greatly.

“Okay,” I said, admitting defeat. “What do you want from me?”

Her voice at once became soothing. “Just answer ten questions, Mike, and you’ll never see me again.”

“And I get this ‘Kickass, awesome, most impressive, shiny, blog award?'"

“You have my word.”

The questions came from nowhere and a voice other than mine answered:

1. If you blog anonymously are you happy doing it that way; if you are not anonymous do you wish you had started out anonymously so you could be anonymous now?

I can’t blog anonymously. The whole point of Record of a Baffled Spirit is in creating a family and historical record. Even if I changed the family surname to Anon such a timid foray into cyberspace would be a little strange.

2. Describe one incident that shows your inner stubborn side:Doing my O levels and A levels (essential university entrance exams) in two years rather than the normal four years – because I realised I could.

13 comments:

That was awesome, sir. This is why you've earned the blog award. But...I don't see the badge? I suppose it doesn't go with the decor in here. Oh well, no matter. Not everyone got a dream sequence either. See how fortunate you are? Here's a case of beer to celebrate your fine blogging achievement. Don't drink it all at once.

I am glad you accept what you are and what you are not, most people never find that kind of peaceful existence in their own skin!Most of the people I follow on blogs say the same thing that they would rather read than talk on the phone, like myself maybe that just means we have nothing to say!

I am still looking the the kickass shiny blog award, we need to make you one that does not have to be branded on your person anywhere...jackie >_<